Student's Guide to Data Communications
Martin Gandoff(Author)
Butterworth-Heinemann (Publisher)
Published on 25. September 1989
Book
Paperback/Softback
256 pages
978-0-434-90700-7 (ISBN)
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Description
This is the fourth title in a new family of "informatics" textbooks covering the broad spectrum of IT topics for college-level students on BTEC, City and Guilds, or professional courses with IT components, or students of computer studies. The books are characterized by active learning strategies, and each chapter is prefaced with a list of achievement goals, includes examples, case studies, exercises and possible model answers. The exercises are applicable to a range of equipment. The series is produced in association with the Information Technology Unit of Buckinghamshire College of Higher Education and edited by Roger Carter, Reader in Information Technology in the ITU.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Elsevier Science & Technology
Target group
Adult education
Illustrations
bibliography, index
Dimensions
Height: 138 mm
Width: 216 mm
Weight
51 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-434-90700-7 (9780434907007)
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Martin Gandoff
Students' Guide to Data Communications
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05/1990
Butterworth-Heinemann
€18.51
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Content
What are you studying; who "talks" and what is "said"; open systems interconnection; OSI layer 1 - standards and errors and physical considerations; OSI layer 2; comms software, external services and PCs; networks and OSI layer 3; local area networks; applications and future trends. Appendices: BASIC for data comms assignments; suggested assignments, approaches and solutions; typical examination questions/answers and assessment schemes; answers to chapter questions.